your ground law." the nationwide proliferation of that idea from florida was once a shining achievement for alec, creating a whole new legal determination for justifiable homicide. the stand your ground doctrine was a shining achievement for them, until the case of trayvon martin who was shot and killed by a neighborhood watchman named george zimmerman, who was found not guilty of second degree murder in that case. the case, of course, got a ton of national attention, and the stand your ground laws got a ton of national attention, and since then, many powerful companies with interests in alec have stopped their association with the organization. our parent company, comcast, has not ceased its association with alec, but lots of companies like coca-cola and craft and pepsi even ceased paying dues to alec, even though alec announced they were getting out of the gun rights business, and even though they wrote the task force on the bill. it has had an effect on this very influential conservative organizatio